Rio Ferdinand was one of the first footballers on Twitter, so really he should have known what would happen when he asked his followers a question in the wake of Michael Laudrup's dismissal as Swansea City manager:

Managerial merry go round looks on the cards again....who next after Laudrup are we thinking??

The comment almost doesn't need a punchline, but with his current team lying seventh in the Premier League table and performing well below the level of previous seasons, there was no shortage of fans waiting to finish it off for him. Here's one of many: